Folding bed.



PATENTED MAR. 7. 1905.

J. G. PEACE.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED 33.15, 1904.

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Patented March 7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

.JOHN G. PEACE, OF MIUANOPY, FLORIDA.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,343, dated March'7, 1905.

Application filed. February 15, 1904. Serial No. 193,509.

To will whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN G. PEACE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Micanopy, in the county of Alachua, in the State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement on the folding bed shown inLetters Patent issued to me January 1, 1887, No. 356,010.

The present improvement is for means for retaining the bed-bottom framein folded position.

The invention consists in features of novelty. hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a perspective view of one end of my bed in folded position.Fig. II is an enlarged perspective view showing the end portion of thebed seen in Fig. I looking at the opposite side. Fig. III is an enlargedsec tion taken on line III III, Fig. I, with parts adjacent to said linein elevation.

1 designates the posts of the bed, which, as seen in Fig. II, aresupported by transverse foot-pieces 2, secured thereto. The posts 1 areunited by an upright cross-tie 3. The bedbottom frame consists of siderails 4 and end rails 5, the latterof which are swingingly connected tothe posts 1 by pivots 6. (See Fig. I.)

7 is one of a pair of drop-legs pivoted to the bed-bottom-frame siderail I, that is lowermost when the frame is in folded position and isthe farthest removed from the bed-posts when the frame is in unfoldedposition, or, in other words, positioned horizontally, as illustrated bydotted lines, Fig. I.

8 designates a catch-bar that is secured to cross-tie 3 at one of itsends adjacent to the post 1 at that end. This catch-bar is provided withan upwardly-projecting lug 9, that is at 12 to the bed-frame end rail 5and is adapt-- ed for movement to and engagement with the catch-bar lug9 when the bed-bottom frame is moved into upright folded position. Thecatch-hook 11 is conlined by a staple 13, that is seated in the end rail5 in front of the pivot 12 and while permitting free movement of thecatch-hook prevents it from descending to a greater extent than issuflicient for the hook to engage the catch-lug 9, so that the hook willalways engage said lug and ride thereover when the bed-bottom frame ismoved into folded position.

I claim as my invention In a folding bed, the combination of a pair ofvertical posts, a cross-tie uniting said posts, a pair of transversefoot-pieces, a bed-bottom frame pivoted to said posts and having an endrail, a latch pivoted to said end rail, a staple inclosing said latchfor limiting the movement thereof, a catch-bar secured on the upper edgeof said cross-tie and having a free end provided with adownwardly-projecting hook engaging the side face of said foot-piece,and a lug on said catch-bar to receive the engagement of said latch,substantially as set forth.

J. G. PEACE.

In presence of S. M. TERRY, E. E. DzsARD.

